Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 17, 2011 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Richmond BC
Posts: 2
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Recommended cherries?
I've grown black cherry and sungold before, but since I want to try something new. What are some of the best cherry tomatoes?
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March 18, 2011 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Bushnell, Illinois
Posts: 38
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Try Snow White. It is a very sweet tomato. The color is white to a very pale yellow.
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March 18, 2011 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia)
Posts: 1,264
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Sara's Galapagos is always a must in my garden.
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March 27, 2011 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Utah
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I really like Galinas Yellow cherry. Rose Quartz Mulit-flora is fun and very tasty, but I found I had to pick them in bunches and then strip them off the vine right before eating because they split really easy on the stem end. Some others that we've liked are Isis candy and Green Grape.
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March 27, 2011 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Nashville TN zone 6-B
Posts: 133
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for sheer resilience I have to toss in sweet 100.. I had one last year that went thru a flood, a drought a near total blight rampage thru my other tomatoes. it just kept going and going.. topped out at 14' before we got tired of picking tomatoes every 3 days with a ladder and a big salad bowl thru october.
does not match some of the others mentioned on big flavor, but one I can count on no matter what. It was in a 10 gallon container. |
March 27, 2011 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ashland,OH
Posts: 189
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Sunsugar is one of my favorites.
I preferred the taste over sungold,sweeter than sungold.
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March 29, 2011 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Bordentown NJ
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I recommend the hybrid Tami G, which apparently also goes by the name Agriset. It is a huge plant that produces great yields of very sweet red grape cherries.
Also I received the OP variety Blondkopfchen in the Wintersown.org SASE offer and planted it one year. It produced thousands of tasty little yellow cherries. (I don't think "thousands" was exaggerating...) |
April 14, 2011 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Elgin, Illinois
Posts: 108
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re seeds
I've read that ISIS CANDY is good one. I have grown choc cherry and it was pretty good.
This year I am growing BLACK CHERRY.....SUN GOLD..... PEACEVINE CHERRY...SNOW WHITE...RUBY PEARL...ISIS CANDY....BI COLOR and ROMA CHERRY. I can let you know about these at the end if the season. BOB |
April 14, 2011 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Fairfax, VA Z7
Posts: 524
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Growing Green Dr. Frosted, Galinas Yellow, Black Cherry, Dr Carolyn Pink, Snow White and Super Snow White.
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April 15, 2011 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Black Cherry, Sungold, Green Dr. Frosted, Galina's Yellow, Dr. Carolyn Pink, Red Pear.
I've grown Black Cherry, Sungold, and Red Pear in the past. Red Pear really isn't anything special, it's just cute and I use cooked in a few dishes. Next year - I need to try Blush. |
April 15, 2011 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: TX
Posts: 20
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I really love the Sweet 100 OP. Not to be confused with the hybrid Sweet 100. The OP is not quite as sweet but has a very deep rich ole fashion tomato flavor. It is like eating a bottle of ketchup in a little cherry. Extremely prolific and productive.
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April 15, 2011 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 5,346
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Sweet Quartz F1
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April 16, 2011 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Richmond BC
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What does Dr. Carolyn Pink taste like? It sounds interesting.
I'm just wondering- are there any cherries that taste more acidic than the others? |
April 16, 2011 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
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There is a lot of variability in taste. To me, Black Cherry tastes like a big black tomato. Sungold is extremely sweet. Others also vary, of course.
Dr. Carolyn Pink - I'm really looking forward to finding out what it tastes like, I'm growing it for the first time this year. |
April 16, 2011 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 660
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*Black Cherry
*Anna Aasa (red) *Peacevine (red) *Sugar Lump (red) *Galina's (yellow PL) *Yellow Perfection *Earl's Green Cherry *Sungold OP (orange) |
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